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English Dictionary: cope	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for cope
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cope n brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall [syn: header, coping, cope] a long cloak; worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions v come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" Synonym(s): cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cope \Cope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Coped} (k[omac]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Coping}.] [OE. copen, coupen, to buy, bargain, prob. from D. koopen to buy, orig., to bargain. See {Cheap}.] 1. To exchange or barter. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. To encounter; to meet; to have to do with. Horatio, thou art e'en as just a man As e'er my conversation coped withal. --Shak. 3. To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle; to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms or with success; to match; to equal; -- usually followed by with. Host coped with host, dire was the din of war. --Philips. Their generals have not been able to cope with the troops of Athens. --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cope \Cope\ (k[omac]p), n. [A doublet of cape. See {Cape}, {Cap}.] 1. A covering for the head. [Obs.] --Johnson. 2. Anything regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof of a house, the arch over a door. [bd]The starry cope of heaven.[b8] --Milton. 3. An ecclesiastical vestment or cloak, semicircular in form, reaching from the shoulders nearly to the feet, and open in front except at the top, where it is united by a band or clasp. It is worn in processions and on some other occasions. --Piers plowman. A hundred and sixty priests all in their copes. --Bp. Burnet. 4. An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England. 5. (Founding) The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold. --Knight. De Colange.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cope \Cope\, v. t. 1. To bargain for; to buy. [Obs.] 2. To make return for; to requite; to repay. [Obs.] three thousand ducats due unto the Jew, We freely cope your courteous pains withal. --Shak. 3. To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter. I love to cope him in these sullen fits. --Shak. They say he yesterday coped Hector in the battle, and struck him down. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cope \Cope\, v. i. To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow. [Obs.] Some bending down and coping toward the earth. --Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cope \Cope\, v. t. (Falconry) To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk). --J. H. Walsh.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Cope, CO Zip code(s): 80812 Cope, SC (town, FIPS 16720) Location: 33.37820 N, 81.00684 W Population (1990): 124 (48 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29038